HOLLY FERN as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • tropical Old World fern having glossy fronds suggestive of holly
   • sometimes placed in genus Polystichum
   Synonym(s)
   • Cyrtomium aculeatum (what does Cyrtomium aculeatum mean?)
   • Polystichum aculeatum (what does Polystichum aculeatum mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) holly fern is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • fern (what does fern mean?)
2. Meaning
   • any of various ferns of the genus Polystichum having fronds with texture and gloss like holly
   Hypernyms(s) holly fern is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • fern (what does fern mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • Braun’s holly fern (what does Braun’s holly fern mean?)
   • prickly shield fern (what does prickly shield fern mean?)
   • Polystichum braunii (what does Polystichum braunii mean?)
   • northern holly fern (what does northern holly fern mean?)
   • Polystichum lonchitis (what does Polystichum lonchitis mean?)
   • western holly fern (what does western holly fern mean?)
   • Polystichum scopulinum (what does Polystichum scopulinum mean?)